Video Review


One of the "bomb" movie videos dropped by the Warners was changed before the episode went to air in the U.S.

A video box for Billy Bathgate was replaced by a video box for 1941. Two possible reasons spring to mind. The original box featured a man holding a handgun, which might have triggered a network censor. The replacement box, of course, is of a Steven Spielberg movie, making it a dig at the show's executive producer.

Here is a video showing the original shot, which was intact in overseas broadcasts, and the edited shot:


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